Most people forget what happened before they were five years old. Even if they remember, they are just a few fragments. But for some people with super memory, some things they can remember very, very clearly.
For example, Min Chen, whenever Julie ridiculed him, "Alston always held my thigh for candy when he was a child", he couldn't refute it. Because he himself remembered the scene, remembered the big handful of sweets, remembered the appearance of wanting sweets like a shame.
Min Chen started learning piano when he was 4 years old.
Learning a musical instrument is never an easy task, and getting started is the first difficulty. When faced with instruments such as piano and violin, many people often finish their studies in the first month. Because learning a musical instrument requires talent and time, the most important thing is patience.
Fortunately for Min Chen, his talent on the piano is so rare that even the piano master Julie, who enlightened him at the beginning, was indescribably shocked. This is what Julie said to the Duke of Bertram at the time: "Alston should continue to develop in classical music. This kind of talent... This kind of talent is really seen in a hundred years!"
Yes, I have mastered all the basic skills in one month, and began to practice the ten-level repertoire in half a year. After a year, Min Chen, who is only 6 years old, can try some simple composition and use that pair His immature hands perform many exquisite and difficult piano music.
At first, I wanted my son to learn piano because of the teaching of aristocratic etiquette, but after seeing that his son was so talented, the Bertrams decided to cultivate his son's achievements in classical music.
This matter was naturally approved by Min Chen. After getting in touch with the piano, Min Chen has gradually matured from "Xiao Zhengtai who wants candy every day", and was asked by his parents if he wants to continue his journey in classical music. When, he nodded like a little adult and said: "Well, I want to keep going, I want to compose."
Since I want to compose, it is naturally impossible to learn only the piano.
The second thing Min Chen tried was the violin.
Julie didn't know much about the violin, so she introduced Min Chen to her friend, a violinist living in Stuttgart, hoping that the other party could cultivate Min Chen's violin skills.
Therefore, Min Chen, who was only 7 years old at the time, came directly from Frankfurt to Stuttgart and started a violin enlightenment career accompanied by a housekeeper.
Enlightenment requires a good teacher, and afterwards, you can formally enter the academy and study with higher-level masters.
Min Chen was admitted to the piano department of the Leipzig Conservatory of Music a long time ago, but the teachers of the academy are too high-level after all, and have never accepted music novices for many years, so the violin enlightenment should not be left to them.
All in all, Min Chen started studying in Stuttgart six months before officially entering the academy.
Later, a musician once described Auston von Bertram's musical prowess: "He is the king of piano in the 21st century. He is the best conductor and composer. He is proficient in many instruments. Including violin, trumpet, French horn, clarinet..."
That's right, the violin can only be placed in the "mastery", it is impossible to talk about it alone, because...Min Chen's talent for the violin is really mediocre. This generally refers to the comparison with his piano talent. In fact, if Min Chen conquered the violin alone, he might be able to become an outstanding violin master within 40 years.
However, this kind of talent is placed in the entire classical music industry, as long as it is a violinist with a name and a surname.
There are three types of stringed instruments, vibrating, plucked and percussive instruments.
Among them, it is obvious that the violin is a stringed instrument, and the piano is a stringed instrument. It stands to reason that although there are different classifications of stringed instruments, if they are all stringed instruments, there will not be much difference. But for Min Chen, when he faced the violin, he really felt as if he had encountered a big mountain.
For the piano, 52 white keys, 36 black keys and 3 pedals are all that is needed to play a piano. In Min Chen's heart, he understood the piano very well and how it should be played, but when he was 7 years old when he met the violin, he was completely stunned.
This kind of stringed instrument depends entirely on you pressing the strings to select the pitch.
She will not have a specific key for you to press, nor will there be a specific way of sustaining, soft, and silencing for you to choose. Compared with the piano, the violin is really a wayward and proud princess, you want to play me? can! Then you come and conquer me!
From the beginning of "Walfat" to the later "Kaiser", Min Chen's progress was not slow at all, and even Julie's old friend, the Stuttgart violinist, was amazed. However, Min Chen himself was quite dissatisfied, because it was too slow compared to his progress on the piano.
In his bones, Min Chen is really a proud, even conceited person.
He was born in an aristocratic family and has an excellent appearance. He was admitted to the Leipzig Conservatory of Music just half a year after touching the piano, and was even praised by many people as a piano genius that has been rare in a century.
Min Chen is ambitious. Even though he is only 7 years old now, he has already begun to foresee his future standing on the peak of music. He believes that he has the strength to get everything he wants. Even if he is concealed by noble etiquette and looks gentle and humble, what is hidden in his bones is still growing pride.
To be proud to a certain level is arrogance.
But when this pride was about to become arrogance, Min Chen was completely defeated by the violin.
He thought he would be able to master this instrument as quickly as learning piano, but what he never expected was that in the first three months of touching the violin, he was almost led by the nose by such an instrument. It's far from the same as when I was learning piano.
For a proud person, failure is simply a shame. Although the Stuttgart violinist repeatedly praised "Oston, you are amazing", Min Chen couldn't accept his praise at all, because he knew...there are so many people who are superior to him on the violin. Too much.
After half a year of learning and getting along, Min Chen has already laid a solid foundation for the violin. At the same time, he no longer has the arrogance and arrogance that he had when he first came to Stuttgart. Even when the violinist finished the last course, he seemed very Not care about it.
The child's performance made the violinist frowned.
To be sure, he heard Julie say that this child's talent on the piano is really unparalleled, as long as there are no accidents, the future is really limitless. Although this child's talent for violin can only be regarded as ordinary, there is still hope of entering the world's top orchestra in the future. If you give up other things and study violin exclusively, you may become a world-class violin master.
But now, the child has obviously been hit hard. The experienced violinist also understands that if he hadn't had the smooth sailing on the piano before, I am afraid that this child would not have become like this, but it is precisely because the contrast is too obvious and the gap is too big that he will appear so anxious and low.
So... no matter how precocious, are you just a 7-year-old child?
After trying to understand this, the violinist smiled helplessly. Now his schoolwork is all over. It stands to reason that he has completed the task given to him by the Bertram family. But now, six months of getting along has also made him feel caring for this student. Now that the student has encountered a mountain, and even this mountain has cast a gray veil on his heart. As a teacher, Naturally, this last problem must be removed for the students.
After thinking for a while, the Stuttgart violinist suddenly thought of a student who an old friend often mentioned. Without hesitation, he said to Min Chen: "Alston, you are leaving Stuttgart tomorrow, so... the teacher will take you to the piano shop, how about?"
Min Chen looked up in surprise.
"You grew up with a teacher who gave you special one-on-one teaching. I'm afraid you haven't been to the piano store? There will be many teachers in the piano store to guide many children. I have an old friend who opened a piano store this afternoon. All classes are over. I'll take you to see it."
Then when Min Chen had no response, the violinist took Min Chen to the piano shop.
Min Chen still remembers the name of the piano store, it is called "Esby Music Store".
This is an ordinary-looking piano store, and in the beautiful and clean window is a white grand piano. Of course it cannot be Steinway, just an ordinary piano. After entering the piano store, many other musical instruments came into view.
A whole wall of trumpets, saxophones, classical guitars, clarinets...
There are many, many violins that are specially cherished in a piano case.
Min Chen's ears are very strong, and the sound is quite good. He even heard many people playing the piano, violin, saxophone and so on when he stood at the gate when he didn't enter the piano shop.
He really didn't understand, can he practice quietly with so many voices mixed together?
As if to understand his confusion, the violinist said with a smile: "Oston, not everyone has the same favorable conditions and environment as you. In fact, the sound insulation effect of this piano store is already very good, but you can't Look at them in terms of your requirements, your ear power and sound perception. So, let's go straight in. It's time to rest at noon. Today is exactly the weekend. I think you should be able to see many kids about your age. "
After entering the piano store, Min Chen met with the owner of the piano store under the leadership of his teacher. The latter nodded thoughtfully after learning the intention of the old friend's trip, and then asked: "Are you talking about Lu? Well, the situation of this child can indeed be compared with that of your students. So let's Now it's time for a break, I'll let someone take Alston to Lu's piano room."
At that time, Min Chen didn't even notice the conversation between the two adults. He really had never been to a place like this before, and had never heard so many mixed sounds of piano. Among these piano sounds, some are really magic sounds, some are really plucked cotton, but there are also...
Very good!
Looking back and discovering that his teacher was talking and not paying attention to him, Min Chen left the office straight away, letting his ears go, and started looking for the sound of the violin.
Well, it's "Kaysai op.12". When he practiced two months ago, it didn't seem to be so smooth.
Turning a turn, passing two piano rooms, and finally, Min Chen stopped in front of a piano room.
He passed